Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are “absolutely serious” about the Octagon deal, which fans will have to pay to watch.
UFC President Dana White on Thursday Tell TMZ Sports This week, he spoke with the two billionaires about their social media spat, and Zuckerberg accepted a “cage match” challenge tweeted by Musk.
“Mark Zuckerberg called me first and said ‘Is he serious?'” White told the outlet. When the promoter contacted Musk, the Tesla CEO told him: “Yes, I’m serious.”
White said he was already in the “early stages” of planning how the fight would go, but didn’t hesitate to stress the level of excitement he expected the fight to create.
It will be the largest battle in world history, bigger than ever before.
“It will be the biggest fight in the history of the world, bigger than ever before,” he said. “It will break all pay-per-view records.”
Tech executives have a history of feuding, and the battle challenge comes after reports surfaced that Zuckerberg’s Meta was working on building a Twitter competitor.
While the standard UFC pay-per-view costs $80, White said he would charge $100 for the Musk and Zuckerberg fight.
The previous pay-per-view most watched was Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather in 2017, which brought in more than $600 million, White said.
Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk bout could be $600 million in revenue from Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight in 2017, says UFC chief Dana White “three times”.
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Mayweather reportedly brought home $275 million After the win, McGregor walked away with $85 million.
But the battle between Musk and Zuckerberg – the 1st and 10th richest people on earth, combined net worth $340 billion – It’s easy to set a new record, White said.
“I think it’s a triple (Mayweather-McGregor),” he said. “There’s no limit to what this thing can be used for.”
However, the duo may not be looking to increase their net worth with this fight. Instead, White suggested they each fight for a charity of their choice.
“I don’t think any of them need the money,” White said. “These people will raise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity,” he added.
White declined to speculate on when the game would take place, but said he was ready to make it happen.
“If these guys are serious, I’m going to fight the fight that people want to see,” he said. “That’s what I do for a living.”
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